Frank Stack's The Adventures of Jesus, published under the name Foolbert Sturgeon, has been credited as the first underground comic.

Tolkien Encyclopedia compares Tolkien's Father Christmas with L. Frank Baum's Santa Claus, as he appears in The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus:

The most notable Robin Hood films are the lavish Douglas Fairbanks 1922 silent film, the 1938 triple Academy Award winning Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn as Robin ( which contemporary reviewer Frank Nugent links specifically with Ivanhoe ), and the 1991 box-office success Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves with Kevin Costner ).

His last acting role was in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman ( Season 1, Episode 9, originally aired on November 21, 1993 ), in which he played the Mayor Frank Berkowitz.

The film features performances by veteran actors Henry Fonda ( The Grapes of Wrath, 12 Angry Men, On Golden Pond ), Dan O ' Herlihy ( Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ), Walter Matthau ( The Odd Couple, The Fortune Cookie ), and Frank Overton ( TV series Twelve O ' Clock High ).

Frank Zappa used the E ♭ contrabass sarrusophone in his scores for " Think It Over ", " Big Swifty ", " Ulterior Motive ", " The Adventures of Greggery Peccary ", " For Calvin ", " Waka / Jawaka ", and many others.

Grimace was played by Patti Saunders ( 1971 – 1984 ) and voiced by Frank Welker in the commercials, Larry Moran in some commercials, and by Kevin Michael Richardson in " The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald.

* L. Frank Baum-The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

Among the artists working on the Disney comic strips were Floyd Gottfredson ( Mickey Mouse, Treasury of Classic Tales, holiday ), Roman Arambula ( Mickey Mouse ), Rick Hoover ( Mickey Mouse, Gummy Bears ), Manuel Gonzales ( Mickey Mouse ), Bill Wright ( Mickey Mouse, Uncle Remus ), Ted Thwaites ( Mickey Mouse ), Riley Thomson ( Uncle Remus ), Chuck Fuson ( Uncle Remus ), John Ushler ( Treasury of Classic Tales, Scamp, Uncle Remus, holiday ), Carson Van Osten ( Mickey Mouse ), Al Taliaferro ( Donald Duck ), Frank Grundeen ( Donald Duck ), Al Hubbard ( Donald Duck ), Kay Wright ( Donald Duck ), Ellis Eringer ( Donald Duck ), Dick Moores ( Uncle Remus ), Paul Murry ( Jose Carioca, Uncle Remus ), Daan Jippes ( Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse ), Tony Strobl ( Donald Duck, holiday ), Jim Engel ( Mickey Mouse ), Ken Hultgren ( Mickey Mouse and His Friends ), Julius Svendsen ( Mickey Mouse and His Friends, Treasury of Classic Tales ), George Wheeler ( True Life Adventures ), Jesse Marsh ( Treasury of Classic Tales ), Richard Moore ( Winnie the Pooh ) and Bob Grant ( Merry Menagerie ).

* Uncle Frank and Aunt Chippy's Adventures: Jimmy sends his Uncle Frank and his ex-wife Conchetta " Chippy " Potenza to do various activities ( such as drawing nude models, paint balling, snake wrangling, learning self-defense ).

* The Jersey Devil appears in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest episode " The Spectre of the Pine Barrens " voiced by Frank Welker.

In L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus ( 1902 ), Jack Frost is the son of the otherwise unnamed Frost King.

Pixies serve as helpers of Santa Claus in L. Frank Baum's 1902 novel The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus and his 1904 short story A Kidnapped Santa Claus.

* Frank H. Cushing, My Adventures in Zuni, Pamphlet, ISBN 1-121-39551-1

* Ak, the Master Woodsman of the World in L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, commonly shortened to The Land of Oz, published on July 5, 1904, is the second of L. Frank Baum's books set in the Land of Oz, and the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger ; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein published on July 30, 1907, was the third book of L. Frank Baum's Oz series.

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz: A Faithful Record of Their Amazing Adventures in an Underground World ; and How with the Aid of Their Friends Zeb Hugson, Eureka the Kitten, and Jim the Cab-Horse, They Finally Reached the Wonderful Land of Oz is the fourth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill.

The Magic of Oz: A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, Together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger and Cap ' n Bill, in Their Successful Search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz is the thirteenth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum.

At about this time Cabot began taking on television work, appearing in such series as The Adventures of Hiram Holliday ( 1956 – 57 ), on Frank Lovejoy's detective series Meet McGraw ( 1958 ), with James Best in the western series Bonanza ( 1960 ) and Pony Express (" The Story of Julesburg ", 1960 ), The Beachcomber ( regular 1962 ), and The Twilight Zone (" A Nice Place to Visit ", 1960 ), as the white-suited, courtly provider of a vain but disillusioned man's every wish.

The travel story The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton followed during 1872, and during 1874 A Princess of Thule was another big success and was later adapted into a musical play, The Maid of Arran, by a young L. Frank Baum.

** Pinehead Brothers ( voiced by Dick Gautier and Frank Welker ) – Oakey and Dokey are two oversized lumberjacks that are Looten Plunder's henchmen in the final season of " The New Adventures of Captain Planet.

** Tank Flusher III ( voiced by Frank Welker ) – Sly Sludge's strongman servant who makes his debut in " The New Adventures of Captain Planet " episode " A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste " Pt.

* The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist ( with Frank Springer ) ( 1966 ) ( Comic )

* Further Adventures of Doctor Syn ( 1936 )

His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, although he was also responsible for other well-known comic book series such as Quick & Flupke ( 1930 – 1940 ) and Jo, Zette and Jocko ( 1936 – 1957 ).

Flynn co-starred with Olivia de Havilland in eight films: Captain Blood ( 1935 ), The Charge of the Light Brigade ( 1936 ), The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1938 ), Four's a Crowd ( 1938 ), Dodge City ( 1939 ), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex ( 1939 ), Santa Fe Trail ( 1940 ), and They Died with Their Boots On ( 1941 ).

His successes continued with classics such as The Garden of Allah ( 1936 ), The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1937 ), A Star Is Born ( 1937 ), Nothing Sacred ( 1937 ), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( 1938 ), The Young in Heart ( 1938 ), Made for Each Other ( 1939 ), Intermezzo ( 1939 ) and Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ), which remains the highest grossing film of all time ( adjusted for inflation ).

Uncle Don's Strange Adventures, a 1936 Big Little Book series | Big Little Book, featured a story about radio host Uncle Don and his adventures with a mystery cruiser.

After appearing with Joe E. Brown in Alibi Ike and James Cagney in The Irish in Us, she played opposite Errol Flynn in such highly popular films as Captain Blood, The Charge of the Light Brigade ( 1936 ), and as Maid Marian to Flynn's Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1938 ).

The eight films in which they co-starred are Captain Blood ( 1935 ), The Charge of the Light Brigade ( 1936 ), The Adventures of Robin Hood and Four's a Crowd ( 1938 ), Dodge City and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex ( 1939 ), Santa Fe Trail ( 1940 ) and They Died with Their Boots On ( 1941 ).

In the mid-30s, he began the highly successful cycle of adventure films starring Errol Flynn that included Captain Blood ( 1935 ), The Charge of the Light Brigade ( 1936 ), The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1938 ), Dodge City, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex ( 1939 ), The Sea Hawk and Santa Fe Trail ( 1940 ).

She played the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland ( 1933 ), Countess Vronsky in Anna Karenina ( 1936 ), Aunt Elizabeth in Bringing Up Baby ( 1938 ), Aunt Polly in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( 1938 ), and a sharp-tongued Granny in A Star Is Born ( 1937 ).

His score to Anthony Adverse ( 1936 ) also won the Oscar ; however, at this time, the Oscar was awarded to the head of the music department of the studio which produced the movie, not the composer him / herself ( coincidentally, the year Korngold won for The Adventures of Robin Hood was the first in which the composer rather than the studio music department head was awarded the Oscar ).

She went on to appear in These Three ( 1936 ), Saratoga, You Only Live Once, When's Your Birthday ?, Nothing Sacred ( all 1937 ), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( 1938 ), and My Little Chickadee ( 1940 ).

Further Adventures of Doctor Syn was published in 1936.

His books include Twilight People ( 1905 ), Verses Sacred and Profane ( 1908 ), The Earth Lover ( 1909 ), Selected Lyrics ( 1910 ), Collected Poems ( 1912 ), Requiem ( 1917 ), Common Adventures ( 1926 ), The Lamplighter ( 1929 ), Personal Talk ( 1936 ), Poems ( 1938 ), Collected Poems ( 1940 ), and Dublin Poems ( 1946 ).

With the arrival of sound, his presence and powerful voice became an asset and he went on to memorable roles in The Green Pastures ( 1936 ), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ( the 1939 MGM version, opposite Mickey Rooney ), The Thief of Bagdad ( 1940 — perhaps his best-known film appearance — as the genie ), The Talk of the Town ( 1942 ), and Sahara ( 1943 ).

* Fort in the Jungle: The Extraordinary Adventures of Sinbad Dysart in Tonkin ( 1936 UK / US )

Adventures with Books and Manuscripts ( 1936 )

In 1964 a French film production crew made a 13 part serial of " The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ".

In " Death of the Doctor " ( a 2010 The Sarah Jane Adventures serial ), the Eleventh Doctor responds to a question from Clyde Langer by saying he can regenerate " 507 " times.

The series from the 1950s to the 1970s also included a number of titles licensed from popular movies and television shows: Lassie, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, many television Westerns, and Walt Disney's Spin and Marty and Annette, ( from the serial featuring Annette Funicello that aired on The Mickey Mouse Club ).

He is also featured prominently in the Super Mario Adventures comic serial printed in Nintendo Power.

In the late 1940s, CBS chairman William S. Paley, a fan of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe radio serial, asked his programming chief, Hubell Robinson, to develop a hardboiled Western series, a show about a " Philip Marlowe of the Old West.

* George Meredith-The Adventures of Harry Richmond ( began serial publication )

The first parts of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright followed as a serial in the British underground comic Near Myths in 1978, were later continued in pssst!

Terrance Dicks's Eighth Doctor Adventures novel The Eight Doctors suggests that the Ravolox affair from the television serial The Trial of a Time Lord: The Mysterious Planet was the work of the CIA.

He appeared in a pair of outdoor thrillers with Ralph Byrd and in a Sam Katzman-produced serial, The Adventures of Sir Galahad.

* In Doctor Who the 30th century features the decline of the Earth Empire, as seen in the television serial The Mutants and the Virgin New Adventures novel Original Sin.

* The Adventures of Smilin ' Jack ( 1943 serial )

While serving tea one afternoon he caught the eye of producer Geoffrey de Barkus, who cast Newley as " Dusty " in the children's serial, The Adventures of Dusty Bates.

M. J. Trow in " The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade " ( ISBN 978-0895263438 ) recreates each of the cautionary tales as the work of a serial killer.

He returned to the role in The Sarah Jane Adventures serial, Enemy of the Bane, in 2008.

* Adventures of Captain Marvel, a 1941 serial based on the Fawcett Comics character

DVD front cover for Adventures of Captain Marvel | The Adventures of Captain Marvel Serial ( film ) | film serial ( 1941 ), the most celebrated of Republic's serials.

His first work of greater note was the picaresque feature " The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist ", published as a serial in Evergreen Review.

Gordon was the first actor to play the role of Flash Gordon, in the 1935 radio serial The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon.

* Zienia Merton appeared in The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, an episode of the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures, 45 years after her appearance in this serial.

The Rutans only appeared on television in the serial Horror of Fang Rock, in which a single Rutan is encountered, though they are mentioned in some serials featuring Sontarans ( The Time Warrior, The Sontaran Experiment, The Two Doctors, The Poison Sky and The Last Sontaran and Enemy of the Bane episodes of Doctor Who spin off The Sarah Jane Adventures ).

* A flashback in Terrance Dicks ' BBC books Past Doctor Adventures novel Players depicts the Second Doctor during season 6B encountering Carstairs and Lady Jennifer during the real First World War with their memories of this serial erased by the Time Lords.

* The Virgin New Adventures novel Blood Heat features an alternate universe where the Doctor died in captivity during the events of this serial and Earth was subsequently conquered by the Silurians.

" This phrase originated in the long-running radio serial, The Adventures of Superman.

When Republic Pictures planned to do a superhero serial using its renown " flying man " scenes as used in The Adventures of Captain Marvel, the character of Captain Marvel was tied up in litigation with the owners of the character of Superman.